Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bureaucracy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bureaucracy \Bu*reau"cra*cy\, n. [Bureau + Gr. ? to be strong,
to govern, ? strength: cf. F. bureaucratie.]
1. A system of carrying on the business of government by
means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of
a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the
officers of government have an associated authority and
responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
2. Government officials, collectively.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bureaucracy
n : nonelective government officials [syn: {bureaucratism}]
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